Jonathan Vilma
Jonathan Vilma
Jonathan Polynice Vilmais a former American football linebacker. He played college football at the University of Miami, and was drafted by the New York Jets in the first round of the 2004 NFL Draft. Vilma also played for the New Orleans Saints...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth16 April 1982
CountryUnited States of America
spring
It's going to be like a 60-minute spring scrimmage.
books game good history last monday night special
It's good to know we're going to be the last one. That makes it that much more special for us. We're going to be in the history books as the last Monday night game on ABC.
definitely
We need him. We definitely want him back. We'll see what happens.
lewis ray
What can Ray Lewis do that you can't do?
eliminate running
We couldn't find a way to eliminate the running game.
bottom line planned stop
We didn't do what we planned to do. The bottom line was to stop the run. We didn't do it and I don't know why.
cost gave ourselves road
We gave up too many big plays, and it cost us 14 points. That cost us the game. ... We've killed ourselves on the road this season, more so than at home. It's just been a down season.
cost gave
We gave up too many big plays. That cost us the game.
guys people perception talking worried
The perception for us is we're going to be great. We have guys people may be worried about, but we're not worried about them. You're talking about two guys that are playmakers.
definitely great next rolling stay step talking together unit
We've already been talking about it, how definitely as a unit we're going to step it up another notch. It would be great if we could all stay together and get it rolling for next year.
good jerry kids meant meet rice role talk time whether
Whether we like it or not, we are high-profile athletes. We're role models. Kids come up to me all the time to talk and it makes me remember when I was a kid and I got to meet Jerry Rice and how much that meant to me. And how we've got to set a good example.
football player reality
People like to focus on a narrow stereotype, like if we didn't have football then we wouldn't have made it, ... The reality is, there are a lot of football players like me who came out of the middle class.
miami study habit
Coming from the University of Miami, I developed really good study habits.
coming cost couple game job knew plan stop
We knew what they were going to do, we didn't get the job done. I don't know why we didn't make the tackles we should have made. It cost us a couple of touchdowns, and that was the game. That was our game plan coming in, stop the run. We didn't do that. It's humbling.